Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate.

The Mexican public overwhelmingly backs a tough anti-drug strategy: 83% support using the Mexican army to fight drug traffickers.

A plurality of Americans (45%) say Islam is no more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers.

Only one-in-five Americans (19%) say they think of themselves as belonging to a minority because of their religious beliefs.

Nearly half of Americans (45%) personally know a Muslim, slightly more than in November 2001, when 38% said they personally knew a Muslim.

Nearly six-in-ten adults say that Muslims are subject to a lot of discrimination, far more than say the same about Jews, evangelical Christians, atheists or Mormons.

A slim majority of Americans (53%) know the Muslim name for God is Allah, and a similar number (52%) can correctly name the Koran as the Islamic sacred text.

About one in four internet-using adults ages 18-29 use blogs or social networking sites as a venue for political or civic involvement.